Solana Beach homicide victim identified

Authorities have identified the woman found dead in her Solana Beach home Monday as 60-year-old Sherry Chu Chang.

Chang’s body, showing a “substantial amount of trauma,” was discovered in the home on Santa Florencia off Santa Rosita after a concerned co-worker called police to check on his colleague who had not shown up for work, Sheriff’s Lt. Dennis Brugos said.

Brugos said Wednesday that detectives continue to interview potential witnesses to help determine how or when the woman died, or when she was last seen. No suspects have been identified, he said.

Chang is survived by her husband, who lives in the Los Angeles area. His name was not released.

Sheriff’s investigators haven’t been able to reach the couple’s son, 28-year-old Bryan Chang, or other family members including the victim’s two brothers, Brugos said.

Brugos said, “We want to speak with everybody in the family.”

Bryan Chang owns the home in Solana Beach but may live in Los Angeles, according to property records and background checks. Messages left at a number listed for him were not returned this week.